Automatic stock-fountain.



'No. 788,666. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

T. J. MOSURE.

. AUTOMATIC STOCK FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8. 1904.

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UNITED STATES Fatented May 2, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

AUTOMATIC STOCK-FOUNTAIN..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,666, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed August 8, 1904. Serial No. 220.046.

To Va/ZZ 'mmT/'z/ it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. MOSURE, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Liverpool, in the county of Oolumbiana, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Stock-Fountains, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

rlhis invention relates to an automatic stockfountain, and particularly7 to a structure embodying' a water-receptacle and drinking-pan separable from each other.

The invention has for an object to provide means by which the water from the receptacle will be automatically fed to the drinking-pan and when the receptacle and pan are separated the discharge-openings for the former will be automatically closed, so that the receptacle may be transported for reiilling and when reassembled with the pan is in condition for operation by the Heat mechanism disposed within the pan.

Other and further objects and advantages of theinvention will be hereinafterset forth, and the novel features thereofl defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of the invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section. Fig. 3 is a similar detail view of a modified form of the invention, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of another modification thereof.

Lilie letters of reference referto like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

rlhe letter A designates a liquid receptacle or reservoir of any suitable character or material-for instance, as here shown, provided with a cover A/ and handle A2 to permit its transportation for refilling or otherwise.

Associated with the receptacle A, but separable therefrom, is a d rinking-pan B of greater diameter than the receptacle, the latter being supported from the edge of the pan by means of legs A3 or other suitable devices, so as to provide a space between the receptacle and edge of the pan, through which access may be had to the liquid within the latter.

In the form of invention shown in Fig'. l the bottom of the receptacle A is provided with a valve-collar Ai, mounted in an aperture therein and having at its opposite ends valve-seats A, adapted to cooperate with the oppositely-disposed valves O, carried by the stem O', which passes through the `collar A". For the purpose of operatingl these valves by means of a iioat a float-lever O2 is pivotally supported from the under side of the receptacle by means of a hanger O3 and provided at one end with a ioat O'I and at its opposite end with a suitable slotted connection O5 at the lower end of the valve-stem O'. It will thus be seen that with the parts in the position shown by full lines in Fig'. 2 the pan being iilled to the proper height with water carries upward the fioat and closes the upper valve O, while when the water-level descends the float also moves downward, opening the upper valve and still retaining the lower valve open, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. If the receptacle and pan be at any time separated for the purpose of refilling the former or otherwise, the removal of the float from its liquid-supporting means within the pan causes it to drop downward toits greatest length of travel and throw the lower valve O in contact with its seat, thus automatically retaining the liquid within the receptacle during transportation thereof.

In the modiiied form of the invention shown in Fig. 3 the pivoted Heat-operated lever is omitted and a iioat member On applied to the lower end of the valve-stein O', the other parts being similar in construction to that shown in Fig. 2. In thisI form the AIioat rests upon the bottom of the pan B when the liquid is exhausted therefrom, thus opening the two valves to permit the passage of liquid from the receptacle to the pan, and as the level of liquid rises in the pan the float is earried upward into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, so as to close the lower valve. 1f the receptacle and pan be separated, the weight of the [ioat brings the upper valve O in contact with its seat A and prevents the escape of liquid from the receptacle.

In the inodiiieation shown in Fig. t the pan Bis shown as supported from a pipe D or other liqiiid-receptacle by means of hanginghools D', secured to the pan.

This pipe is T00 ate with a valve Di, carried by a stem D5, passing through the collar and connected to a float-lever E, pivotally mounted at D9 upon a depending bracket D10 andprovided at one end with a lateral projection E. A closing arm or weight D is also pivotally mounted upon the pivot D and at its free end D7 is 'supported by the edge of the pan B and normally out of operative position. rIhe lioatlever, as shown byfull lines in Fig. 4, retains the valve closed; but when the level oi' liquid in the pan falls the lever assumes the dottedline position to admit more water to the pan, while when the pan and receptacle are separated the support for the closing arm or weight is removed and the latter falls into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, thus overbalancing the float and retaining' the valve in the closed position shown by full mes.

It will be obvious that changes may he made in the details of construction and conguration without departing from the spirit ot' the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having' described my invention and set forth its merits, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A stock-fountain comprising a water-receptacle, a pan separable therefrom, a valved discharge-opening in the lower portion of said receptacle, a iioat mounted to operate said valve, and means controlled by said pan for automatically operating said valve to close said discharge-opening when the receptacle and pan are separated.

2. A stock-fountain comprising a water-receptacle, a pan separable therefrom, a valved discharge-opening in the lower portion oi' said receptacle, a float mounted to operate said valve, and means carried by the stem of said valve for automatically closing said dischargeopening when the receptacle and pan are separated.

3. In a stock-fountain, a water-receptacle, a pan upon which said receptacle is scparably supported, a valve-collar in the bottom of said receptacle having seats at its opposite ends, a valve-stem extending through said collar and provided at its opposite ends with independent valves to respectively engage the opposite seats, and a float connected to said stem for operating the same.

4. Inastock-fountain, a water-receptacle, a pan upon which said receptacle is sep'arably supported, a valve-collar in the bottom of said receptacle having seats at its opposite ends, a valve-stem extending through said collar and provided with oppositely-disposed valves, and a iioat-lever pivotally supported from the lower portion of said receptacle and connected to said stem.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. MOSURE Witnesses:

CLARENCE E. DoUGLAss, INA L. HooBLER. 

